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"It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy ^(C1)stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will ^(C2)injure themselves severely. And all the ^(C3)nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

"On that day," declares the LORD, "I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with insanity. But I will ^(F1)watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

"Then the ^(F1)clans of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a ^(F2)strong support for us through the LORD of armies, their God.'

"On that day I will make the ^(F1)clans of Judah like a ^(C1)firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while ^(F2)the ^(C2)inhabitants of Jerusalem again live on their own sites in Jerusalem.